His love for parks began at the age of nine when his family took a vacation to the Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Dinosaur National Monument, and Rocky Mountain National Park. America’s Best Idea won two Emmys – one for best nonfiction series and one for best writing!ĭuncan first had the idea to showcase the story of the National Park system while on a cross-country vacation with his children in 1998. Duncan wrote and co-produced the 12-hour mini-series in which the birth of national parks is traced from the mid-1800s and follows the evolution of park creation over the course of 150 years. National Recreation Trails (NRT) Databaseĭayton Duncan has been a writer and filmmaker for over 20 years and is Ken Burns’ producing partner for The National Parks: America’s Best Idea documentary.The National Parks is a glorious celebration of an essential expression of American democracy. And they introduce us to a diverse cast of compelling characters-both unsung heroes and famous figures such as John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ansel Adams-who have been transformed by these special places and committed themselves to saving them from destruction so that the rest of us could be transformed as well. They capture the importance and splendors of the individual parks: from Haleakala in Hawaii to Acadia in Maine, from Denali in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, from Glacier in Montana to Big Bend in Texas. The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles behind the evolution of the park system, and the enduring ideals that fostered its growth. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world’s first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres. The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The WarĪmerica’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
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